[SDCBC] more data on yesterday's fatality in Poway

[John Eldon]

 from the U-T website

Although the account reads as though the cyclist were attempting a U-turn
followed by a right, rather than a simple vehicular left turn, I strongly
suspect the latter is the case. (More sloppy journalism, e.g., which
direction was Jeannie Franklin riding in Solana Beach?) I have to plead
total unfamiliarity with this intersection, but the Mapquest aerial photo
makes it appear signalized. Does anyone know the speed limit through here?
Is this north-to-west left turn as difficult as it looks on the map?

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohist
ory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&ph
one=&level=&cat=&address=&city=Poway&state=CA&zipcode=

John E.

 March 31, 2007

POWAY: A bicyclist was killed in a collision with a car yesterday on state
Route 67 at Poway Road during rush hour.



The cyclist was identified by the county Medical Examiner's Office   as
attorney Marc Carpenter, 46, of Lakeside.
Sheriff's officials said the accident occurred about 5:10 p.m. a short
distance south of the "T" intersection.

Carpenter was pedaling north on Route 67 in the right lane or shoulder and
veered into the left lane, trying to reach the right-turn lane onto
westbound Poway Road, sheriff's Sgt. Lloyd Muenzer said.

Muenzer said Carpenter collided with a Nissan Sentra in the left lane, also
going north. The impact knocked Carpenter onto the roof and windshield of
the car, then onto the pavement north of the intersection. He was declared
dead at the scene.
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